بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ1
What are they asking about
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ2
The momentous announcement
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ3
about which they differ
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ4
They will find out
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ5
In the end they will find out
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا6
Did We not make the earth smooth
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا7
and make the mountains to keep it stable
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا8
Did We not create you in pairs
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا9
give you sleep for rest
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا10
the night as a cover
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا11
and the day for your livelihood
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا12
Did We not build seven strong [heavens] above you
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا13
and make a blazing lamp
وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا14
Did We not send water pouring down from the clouds
لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا15
to bring forth with it grain, plants
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا16
and luxuriant gardens
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا17
A time has been appointed for the Day of Decision
يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا18
a Day when the Trumpet will sound and you will come forward in crowds
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا19
when the sky will open up like wide portals
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا20
when the mountains will vanish like a mirage
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا21
Hell lies in wait
لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا22
a home for oppressors
لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا23
to stay in for a long, long time
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا24
where they will taste no coolness nor drink
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا25
except one that is scalding and dark––
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا26
a fitting requital
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا27
for they did not fear a reckoning
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا28
and they rejected Our messages as lies
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا29
We have recorded everything in a Record
فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا30
‘Taste this: all you will get from Us is more torment.’
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا31
For those who were aware of God there is supreme fulfilment
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا32
private gardens, vineyards
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا33
nubile, well-matched companions
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا34
and an overflowing cup
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا35
There they will hear no vain or lying talk
جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا36
a reward from your Lord, a fitting gift
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا37
from the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between, the Lord of Mercy. They will have no authority from Him to speak
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا38
On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in rows, they will not speak except for those to whom the Lord of Mercy gives permission, who will say only what is right
ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا39
That is the Day of Truth. So whoever wishes to do so should take the path that leads to his Lord
إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا40
We have warned you of imminent torment, on the Day when every person will see what their own hands have sent ahead for them, when the disbeliever will say, ‘If only I were dust!’